osculo

See also: ósculo and osculò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔs.ku.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔskulo
  • Hyphenation: ò‧scu‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ōsculum, diminutive of ōs (mouth).

Noun

osculo m (plural osculi)

  1. (literary, humorous) kiss
    Synonym: bacio
  2. (biology) osculum

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

osculo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of osculare

Further reading

  • osculo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ōsculō

  1. dative/ablative singular of ōsculum

Etymology 2

From ōsculum (a kiss) +‎ .

Verb

ōsculō (present infinitive ōsculāre, perfect active ōsculāvī, supine ōsculātum); first conjugation

  1. to kiss
Conjugation
Synonyms

References

  • osculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • osculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

osculo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of oscular